Spring-vehicle



No. 6|5,873. Patented Dec. l3, I898. H. A. MOYER. SPRING. VEHICLE.-

(Application filed N06. 17. 1897.1

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A ATTORNEY No. 6|5,873. Patented Dec. l3, I898. H. A. MOYER.

SPRING VEHICLE.

(Appucatio'n filed Nov. 17. 1897.)

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(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT Unmet;

HARVEY A. MOYER, OF S YRACUSE, NEIV YORK,

SPRING-VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 615,873, dated December13, 1898.

' Application filed November 17,1897. $erial No. 658,801. (No model.)

T0 00% whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARVEY A. MOYER, of Syracuse, in the county ofOnondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Spring-Vehicles, of which the following, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to the spring-vehicle shown in my Letters PatentNo. 396,223,dated January 15, 1889, and to analogous vehicles in whichthe body is supported upon the central portions of side springs.

The object of the invention is to firmly, safely, and neatly secure thefront ends of the side springs to the ends of a spring headblock, theelasticity of which partly relieves the side springs from strain andlongitudinal distension when subjected to a load, the essential featureresiding in the special means for securing the side springs to thespring head-block; and to that end the invention consists in thecombination, with the front and rear axles and vehicle-body, of aspring-metal head-block, two side springs connected at their ends to therear axle and ends of the head-block, two spring-metal reaches securedat their rear ends to the end portions of the rear axle and extendingtherefrom, with their central portion parallel to said side springs andsecured to the under sides thereof and having their front endsterminated at the center of the front axle, and the king-bolt passingthrough said head-block, latter axle, and reaches.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of my invention.Figs. 2 and 3 are inverted plan views showing my invention in connectionwith spring-reaches of difierent forms. Fig. 4: is a front view of myinvention. Fig. 5 is a detached plan view of one of said reaches, andFig. 6 isan enlarged detached perspective view of the front end portionof one of the side springs mounted on the end of the spring head-block.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts.

a and a denote, respectively, the front and rear axles, which areconnected by spring- Inetal reaches 12. lhese reaches may be of anysuitable shape to afiord a longitudinallyyielding connection between thefront and rear running-gear.

drawings and similar to those shown in my prior Letters Patent, No.396,223, dated J anuary 15, 1889, and Fig. 3 shows the runninggearsconnected by a single reach I).

0 represents a spring head-block, which is of the form of acentrally-depressed crossspring, secured at its central portion to awooden bolster I), mounted on the front axle and connected thereto bythe king-bolt.

e e are the side springs,which are mounted at their ends directly uponthe ends of the aforesaid spring head-block and upon the rear axle and'are rigidly attached to said parts by means of clips f, placed acrossthe under side of the head-block and having their shanks gripping theedges of said head-block and passing up through the overlying endportions of the side springs, and by clips h, embracingthe rear axle andpassing with their shanks through the overlying ends of the sidesprings, each of said clips being provided on the upper ends of itsshanks with nuts by which the embraced parts are firmly clampedtogether. By employing the aforesaid clips I obviate perforating andweakening the parts united by the clips. In order to stiffen the endportions of said side springs and to enable the clips to more firmlyclamp said parts of the springs to their seats, so as to effectuallyprevent rattling of the same, I place directly upon the end portions ofthe springs reinforcing-plates i, of stiff metal, which re-' ceive theshanks of the clips through them and form the bearings for the nuts ofsaid clips. Said plates extend sufliciently in front and rear of thehead-block and front and rear of the rear axle to thoroughly brace theend portions of the spring and form firm bearings for the nuts of theclips, which nuts are thus less liable to work loose. The plates 43 pro=ject at the ends of the spring and are formed with scrolls t" or othersuitable ornamental heads on their front ends to impart a finished apearance to the said ends of the springs.

hen the reaches are of the shape shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, Iattach them at the central portion of their length to the under IOUsides of the side springs, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings and in myLetters Patent hereinbefore referred to.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is 1. The combination with the springheadblock and side spring mounted on said headblock, of areinforcing-plate placed lengthwise directly upon the end portion of theside springand extending beyond the front and rear edges of thehead-block and a clip disposed astride the under side of the head-blockand having its shanks gripping the edges of the head-block and passingthrough the side spring and superposed plate and nuts on the protrudingends of said shanks and clamping the side spring between the head-blockand aforesaid plate as set forth.

HARVEY A. MOYER. [L. s.] \Vitn esses:

J. J. LAAss, II. B. SMITH.

